Michael Keene, Ph.D.

About

B.A., 1977, Princeton University
Ph.D., 1984, Harvard University
MBA, 1992, University of Iowa

Prof. Keene is currently both a member of the faculty and the Director of the MBA in Technology Management Program in the Gore School of Business at Westminster College. Dr. Keene holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from Princeton University, an MBA and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University, and over the last 25 years he has conducted and managed programs in fields ranging from environmental remediation to fuel cells, and cystic fibrosis to fruit fly genetics. Although widely published during his research career, he soon left academia for industry, and has since been an executive, founder or board member for a number of technology-based firms. Prior to joining Westminster, he served as both the State Science Advisor and Director of the Utah Centers of Excellence Program under Governors Leavitt and Walker. A co-founder of the Utah Life Sciences Association, he also sits on the Advisory Council for the Centers of Excellence Program and the board of the Utah Science Center Foundation, and remains active as a company mentor for the Wayne Brown Institute, an external reviewer for the University of Utah's Technology Commercialization Office, and in numerous other roles within the local community.

Research/Teaching Interests

Prof. Keene teaches in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Marketing of Technology, New Product Development, Strategy and Technology Commercialization. His interests also include public policy issues related to science & technology.